Sometimes a WordPress post or page is edited often and it might be useful to be able to display the last modification date.
Here is a simple function to enable the last modification date to be displayed by means of a shortcode added to the content.
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Edit hosts file on OSX
Sunday 13th November 2011 by Leave a Comment
What is the hosts file? The hosts file is an operating system file which maps hostnames to IP addresses. It is a plain-text file simply named ‘hosts’. Why we would we want to edit the hosts file? Normally hostnames are mapped to IP address with DNS, however we can override this for specific addresses by
Stop Skype Ruining your Design
Friday 11th November 2011 by 2 Comments
When you install Skype on a PC, it gives the option to install a component on your web browsers to convert telephone numbers into links to initiate a chargeable Skypeout call when clicked. This may sound like a good idea, however if you have designed a website and want your contact area to remain looking
Apple Monitor Screen Burn
Friday 4th November 2011 by Leave a Comment
I didn’t think that LCD monitors could suffer from screen burn, but after having my MacBook and 24″ cinema monitor for a while I noticed shadows on the monitor matching patterns, shapes and text in my desktop wallpaper and icons.
WordCamp Portsmouth UK 2011
Sunday 7th August 2011 by Leave a Comment
I spent the weekend at WordCamp UK in Portsmouth. I met some great people who I hope to see at next year’s WordCamp, and some I have already met again at London WordPress meetups.
I started off with a keynote presentation for my session entitled running WordPress on your PC for smarties.
Force Scrollbars
Monday 23rd August 2010 by Leave a Comment
Page designs with a centred layout often appear to jump slightly to the side when navigating from page to page.
Pages with content that is longer than the browser height will display a scrollbar, but pages where the content is shorter than the browser height will not display a scrollbar.
